Wisconsin, one of the seven presidential battlegrounds states, could become one of just a handful of states to have voter ID requirements enshrined in its state constitution.
A total of 36 states have some form of ID requirement to vote, although only 22 require photo IDs, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
However, only a few states have it in their constitution. In 2011, Mississippi adopted it in the state constitution, and Arkansas and Nebraska passed similar constitutional amendments in the following years.
Nevada—also a battleground state—was the most recent to adopt voter ID requirements in its state constitution in a ballot measure in November
Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature approved Assembly Joint Resolution 1 to put the voter ID measure on the ballot for the state’s April 1 election, when voters will…
